Crime and Courts

Published on February 25, 2024 - Page 1
BENTON TWP. -- A state constable here is to appear in court next month in defense of a traffic citation issued by State Police for illegal use of an...
Published on February 25, 2024 - Page 1
BEAVER TWP. -- A 25-year-old man is facing charges for sexually assaulting his 9-year-old cousin, court papers say. The girl told an adult she'd...
Published on February 25, 2024 - Page 1
SCOTT TWP. -- A 22-year-old is charged with twice violating a protective order to stay away from her mother's residence here. Jada Nikole Irving was...
Published on February 25, 2024 - Page 3
MILTON — State Police here are investigating a homicide in Northumberland County. Troopers say Preston Bennett, 22, is in custody for killing Kyle...
Published on February 24, 2024 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A drug offender who tried smuggling cocaine and some methamphetamine into Columbia County Prison has been sentenced to time served....
Published on February 24, 2024 - Page 1
Press Enterprise staff report ANTHONY TWP. -- A Turbotville man is facing a felony for allegedly failing to register his Facebook account, as...
Published on February 24, 2024 - Page 4
Police: Student cited for fake ID, underage alcohol possession BLOOMSBURG -- A university student is facing $700 in fines after attempting to...
Published on February 23, 2024 - Page 1
BERWICK -- The landlord for Keystone Auto Exchange ordered the company and owner Jeremy Talanca to quit the premises, and arranged for vehicles still...
Published on February 23, 2024 - Page 3
SHAMOKIN -- A homeless man with ties to Bloomsburg told officers he needed to go to the bathroom before he dropped his pants and defecated on a...
Published on February 22, 2024 - Page 1
DANVILLE -- A rural Danville man who provided drugs to a young woman is facing 50 felony charges, police said. Wade L. Hendrickson, 27, of 84...
Published on February 22, 2024 - Page 3
WILKES-BARRE -- The Luzerne County coroner is holding an unusual court proceeding as part of the investigation into the death of Ilonka Cann, who...
Published on February 22, 2024 - Page 3
BLOOMSBURG -- A Bloomsburg man was sentenced to 72 hours in jail and fined $1,000 after pleading guilty Tuesday to driving drunk in a traffic...
Published on February 21, 2024 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A man convicted of illegally possessing gun frames that could be used to make untraceable "ghost guns" has been sentenced to state...
Published on February 21, 2024 - Page 1
DANVILLE -- Two brothers from northern California are jailed here after getting busted on Interstate 80 smuggling 147 pounds of marijuana, arrest...
Published on February 21, 2024 - Page 3
BLOOMSBURG -- Four people are facing summary fines ranging from $200-$300 after being cited for harassing each other on social media, town police...
Published on February 21, 2024 - Page 3
VALLEY TWP. -- A woman was cited for driving too fast in snowy conditions on Interstate 80 when she crashed her car near the Danville exit last...
Published on February 20, 2024 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A nursing home that closed in September amid mounting debts has been sued in county court for nonpayment of more than $243,000 to a...
Published on February 20, 2024 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A Luzerne County man was placed on probation for 18 months and ordered to repay $3,657 as restitution for items stolen at Home Depot...
Published on February 20, 2024 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A rural Millville woman who was high on marijuana when she caused a rollover crash with two young children in her vehicle was sentenced...
Published on February 20, 2024 - Page 1
DANVILLE -- A Montour Township woman has pleaded guilty to vehicular aggravated assault by causing an accident that critically injured a motorcyclist...
Published on February 20, 2024 - Page 8
WILLAMSPORT -- A pregnant woman was held hostage by her boyfriend inside her apartment for four hours, according to Northcentralpa.com. The three-...
Published on February 19, 2024 - Page 1
Press Enterprise staff report VALLEY TWP. -- A Danville woman involved in a one-car accident Jan. 11 had a blood alcohol level more than three times...
Published on February 18, 2024 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- Two state lawmakers are suing the state and the boards of elections in all 67 counties to force the counting of absentee ballots at...
Published on February 18, 2024 - Page 1
BLOOMSBURG -- A Berwick man stole a doorbell camera from a home on Iron Street where town police say he was seen attempting to enter early Feb. 8,...
Published on February 18, 2024 - Page 3
BLOOMSBURG -- A Bloomsburg woman has been cited with harassment for allegedly striking someone in the face at 228 E. Fifth St., district court papers...
Published on February 18, 2024 - Page 3
BLOOMSBURG -- A Shickshinny man was placed on probation for a year and fined $300 for possessing drug paraphernalia. George Bair, 47, of Shickshinny...
Published on February 18, 2024 - Page 6
BLOOMSBURG -- A Benton woman who twice pleaded guilty to driving while impaired by methamphetamine was given a split sentence of jail followed by...
Published on February 17, 2024 - Page 1
DANVILLE -- A Catawissa-area man who failed to heed a stop sign had been drinking before taking the wheel, police say. When stopped, they say he...
Published on February 17, 2024 - Page 1
DANVILLE -- An Elysburg woman wrote a bad check for fuel oil in October then avoided company representatives when they tried to collect nearly $500,...
Published on February 17, 2024 - Page 3
Press Enterprise staff report BLOOMSBURG -- Five people were accepted into Columbia County's most forgiving program for first offenders Thursday,...